Website Deviant Knowledge has a series of articles on WHS starting with part 1 – Who/What/Why.
This first part looks at who can install Windows Home Server, what it is and why you would need it, which you can read here.
Would you be prepared to pay $25 per year for an encrypted peer to peer based offsite backup service?
This is the question being asked by Damian Meher, who is thinking of developing such a system with an add-in for Windows Home Server users which would hook people’s Home Servers together.
My idea is this: I’d create a web site where people could register (probably automatically via the add-in) their need for an off-site backup, indicating how much space they need to backup. They need to commit to making an equivalent amount of space available on their computer for someone else.
My web site would match people up, and then the people could use each others systems to automatically perform offsite backups. The add-ins could talk to each other, either peer-to-peer, or via my web site…
You can read the full details here.
Website Using Windows Home Server has a list of 10 things that writer Timothy Daleo learned the hard way about Windows Home Server, which you can read here.
"Which Windows Server is Best for your Small Business" is the title to a post by Stuart Crawford looking at the key decision points to consider when considering the most ideal fit Microsoft server option for a small business.
The article takes a look at Windows Home Server, Windows Foundation Server, Windows Small Business Server (SBS) and Windows Essential Business Server (EBS).
You can read it here.
If you have tried to install Power Pack 2 and receive the following:
Then Brendan Grant can tell you why and more importantly, show you how to get PP2 downloaded.
All the details are here.
Power Pack 2 came with a Media Connect Configuration application for fine tuning media shares and showing which devices have access.
Since Microsoft didn’t make a UI for the program (c:\program files\media connect\WMCCFG.exe), developer Pål Andreassen has made an add-in which starts WMCCFG.exe and then docks the UI inside the WHS Console, allowing for more fine grain control over devices and folders than the standard "Media Share" settings tab does.
More details are available from here.
Speaker manufacturer B&W has recently gone on tour with Intel to promote the Intel powered Windows Home Server.
This joining of forces shows that a good speaker system goes a long way to making your media more compelling and enjoyable on a Home Server system.
More details here.
Coming Home to Windows Home server is a continuing series by fellow MVP Eric B. Rux who breaks down Home Server.
Now at part 15, Eric tells us about Power Pack 2 which is available to read at the SVC (Sound & Vision Contractor) website.
The add-in WHS Web Logs has been updated to version 1.0.5.1
The add-in parses and displays the IIS log files and allows you to see who is looking at your WHS box via the web. It also has buttons for WhoIs, Geolocation, and DNS lookup for the IP addresses, and new in this release, the ability to block IP addresses.
More details here.
Computer store Clevery which is based in Akihabara in Japan have announced their Mini HomeServer SP9C WHS.
The unit comprises 2TB of storage space (2x 1TB), 1GB of PC5300 RAM and an Intel Atom 330 Dual Core running at 1.6GHz. The famous Japanese store have said that the unit will sell for 65800 Yen (€490)
Details from Akihabara News in Japan.
